We’re making a real impact and shaping South Australia's housing future.
At the heart of our department is a clear mission: we’re helping to deliver homes and housing options for South Australians. In the face of a national housing shortfall, we're stepping up.
We’re working across government and industry to deliver planning outcomes, invest in essential infrastructure like water and wastewater and complete government-led developments. By removing roadblocks for the private sector, we’re unlocking faster housing delivery. This is about more than just buildings – it’s about stability, security, and opportunities for South Australians.
We’re making change happen.
Our values
We align with and follow the South Australian public sector values.
Responsibilities
We’re responsible for:
- Managing our state’s planning system to create liveable, sustainable communities that give South Australians a good life.
- Ensuring housing developments across the state have the infrastructure they need, so we can fast track the delivery of housing for South Australians.
- Developing and implementing housing policy, and the coordinating the alignment of policy and cross-agency delivery to accelerate housing for all South Australians.
- Managing the state's affordable housing policies, funding objectives and outcomes.
- Promoting the value of good design, knowing every new development has the potential to improve our quality of life, attract investment and reduce our impact on the environment.
- Consulting with local councils and give advice on the constitution and operations of local government, particularly the legal framework for councils’ operation.
- Ensuring South Australia’s land titles registry remains accurate and reliable.
- Being the government authority on property boundaries and land tenure, making sure boundary surveying is done right in South Australia.
- Being South Australia’s independent authority on property valuations. We make sure every property in our state gets fair and equitable statutory valuations.